NOTICE: The location of this plugin has been moved to www.WPImageRotator.com, a new site dedicated totally for the plugin! Please go there to get the plugin.
I recently finished my first Wordpress plugin titled the “Header Image Rotator”. What does it do? Well, like the title says, it rotates your blog header images. Why is this one different you may ask? Well, after being disappointed by the limited functionality of other header image plugins, I decided to create my own plugin.
Features:
- Add as many images as you like.
- Will take any kind of image file (jpg, gif, etc).
- The interval at which the images are rotated can be controlled.
- Different rotation intervals are minute, half hour, hour, daily, and weekly.
- You can preview your images and delete them from the option panel.
- Certified and tested in Wordpress 2.5.
- Works with PHP 4 and PHP 5.
- Streamlined the install process
- Cleaned up the options panel interface and made it easier to understand
- Cleaned up and organized error and exception handling
- Users now have the ability to change the CSS header tag directly from the plugin option page instead of having to manually edit the php file
- Users now also have the ability to manage and change the CSS image styling directly from the plugin option page so you can get the image to play nice with your theme
- Hyperlinking to your blog URL was added. Further, hyperlinking can be turned on and off from the options panel for more flexibility
- You can specify to use either the Google AJAX API to serve the jQuery javascript libraries or you can use a local version provided with the plugin. With this choice, you can select which method is better depending on your performance or bandwidth concerns
Installation:
Installation is simple and easy. Here are the steps:
- Download the zip file and unzip it into your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Create a directory in your /wp-content/ folder named “header-images”.
- Add some images into the “header-images” folder.
- Activate the plugin from the admin panel.
- Go to ‘Options’ in the admin panel, and then ‘Header Image Rotator’ to configure.
- Enjoy!
Version History
Version 1.0 – 1/18/07
Plugin released and made compatible with PHP 4.
Version 1.1 – 3/7/07
Fixes function names that were interfering with other Wordpress Plugins.
Version 2.0 – 7-13-2008
Too many updates to list. Hence, the new version number!
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Sorry, I don’t really know anything about css, thus I just can’t find the right css id – can anybody help me and tell me a foolproof method how to find it?
I don’t even know, what exactly it is that I should be looking for… I tried “.image_header”, I tried “background-image”, “header” and “headerimages” but nothing changed anything about the way my blog looked…^^
Links don’t seem to be working…
My blog has 4 different headers pics, will it work?
Link doesn’t seem to work.
It’s a good Plugin,I will write in my blog! Thanks!
hey,
I dont know why but it doesnt seem to work some how… Could you have a look at my website? i am quite a noob and everything should be fine as i followed instructions.
I installed it and worked immediately. I am totally impressed. Thanks!
hi, thanks for the plugin, but I have a problem, how to find the CSS header ID tag of my theme: Emerald 1.0… someone can help me! thanks
I installed and activated the plugin with no problem, then created a folder (rotating-images instead of header-images) and added a few header images on my FTP server under public_html/wp-content/rotating-images. Went to Settings > Image Rotator Basic, noted under Section 1 of the Image Rotator Basic, there is an error message which states “Cannot locate image folder” and similarly under Section 1 Image subfolder the directory of the image subfolder is noted to be as follows: /wp-content/rotating-images/………
I wonder is my folder name “rotating-images” correct or not as from the many questions being posted by others in this blog of yours, most named their folder as “header-images”. Is this my problem in the error messages under Section 1?
Further to my earlier comment, I had managed to activate the plugin and had Section 1 done successfully.
However, I do not get the image up on my blog as I may have inserted the html codes that is
Section 1 Tag reads as:-
in the wrong place in my header.php file.
Please assist with thanks. My blog url:
http://www.4life-stay-healthy.com
how can i get this to work with my theme? i’ve installed it and it doesnt work with my theme because the path is above the path of my theme.
HELP!!
i was referring to the rotating header image..thanks!
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Is the plugin tested in 2.7.
Nice plugin!!
Sad it isn’t whole free, not everybody has ability to transfer money..
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nice plugin,,, i’ll try this…